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Interview: Alex 'Unwinder' / RivaTuner

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The VGA Tweaking Utility RivaTuner has changed a lot over the years, and so has its creator. TPU talks with 'Unwinder' about software development and the role he played in starting the softmod community.


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Nice article mate. Very interesting
 
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Very interesting indeed. I am glad people like this exist. Without him and W1z and others like them we would all stuck running stock speeds.:(
 
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That is a very superb article! Thoroughly researched and written in a way that it reads nicely - very well done! :toast:
 
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just pm when you wanna interview me... :p
 
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Very interesting article. I like finding out the history of such people/software. Great writeup.
 
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great interview :)
tpu needs more of them
 
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I like the interviews for a change. They are very interesting!
 
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thanks guys! i'm glad you all found it interesting!
 
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he is a genius , and my total repsects to him ............. and thx for the info about him , Easy Rhino , so now i also know he is born in the same year as myself too ............ ;)
 
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This is important, cuz is part of a new history.
Technology evolution path are always uncertain, and the side boosters like W1z and Unwinder, make the developers (square mindeds) to rethough their products, cuz a second view can make them take another way.
 
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We sould interveiw more ppl this is awsome i mean we should like interveiw all osrts ppl on the forum that do stuff that would be neat like say if damulta was creating something that would be cool to know the community like that but its not like we as a community make things but if we did it would be cool to hear experiances but ya most deff should make interveiws a normal thing.
 
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I am excited about this new aspect of TPU. Hopefully, continued interviews along with the recent published usage statistics will make more key members of the industry willing to submit to interview. I feel interviews like this are good for TPU, and the industry as a whole.
 
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Great interview Rhino keep them coming!!
And of course a major thanks to Alex for participating :)
 
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Thermopylae_480 said:
I am excited about this new aspect of TPU. Hopefully, continued interviews along with the recent published usage statistics will make more key members of the industry willing to submit to interview. I feel interviews like this are good for TPU, and the industry as a whole.
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I couldn't agree more.
I would really like to see more interviews on TPU.
I hope that this is the start of a good thing.
 
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One more thing, I would like to see an interview with W1z.
It would be great to learn a little bit about our fearless leader :)
 
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lol +1 on that id like to see more interveiws all together and again maybe from ppl on this site

like giorgous the guy from the hellas oc team etc.
 
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So when will the podcast interviews begin to start popping up on TPU then???
 
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thankee for nice interview mate :toast:
 
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Kudos :toast:

Great interview. Always wanted to know how Alex gained his knowledge. Respect!
Both Unwinder and W1zzard are geniuses.

If only we could have a pic?
 
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That was an awesome interview. I'd definitely like to see more of them.

Also love the Interview icon. It made me lol.
 
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was Wizard offered a job at NV or AMD?
 
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